5. But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my shfatayim (lips) should relieve your grief.
6. Though I speak, my grief is not relieved, and though I forbear, mah (what) alleviation is it for me?
7. But now He hath worn me out; Thou hast made desolate kol adat (whole household) of me.
8. And Thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is an ed (witness) against me; and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
9. He teareth me in his wrath, who warreth against me; He gnasheth upon me with His shinayim (teeth); mine adversary sharpeneth His eyes against me.
10. They have struck at me with their mouth; they have struck me upon the lekhi (cheek) reproachfully; [Isa 50:6; Lam 3:30] they have conspired themselves together against me.
11. El hath delivered me to evil men, and turned me over into the hands of the resha'im.
12. I was at ease, but He hath shattered me; He hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for His mattarah (object of attack, target).